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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  14. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  17. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  18. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  19. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  20. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
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